GENERAL ASSEMBLY
IS HEARING IIS END
MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES
ARE BEING CROWDED INTO
THE REMAINING DAYS.
UNDER THE CAPITAL DOME
Interesting Review of the Doings of
the General Assembly During the
Past Week. Many Important Bills
Are Introduced in Both Houses.
Raleigh.
Contending delegations of a hun
dred or more citizens each were here
before tha joint committee on coun
ties, cities and towns, fighting for and
against the bill to create Jarvis county
out of portions of Johnston, Sampson
and Harnett. The hearing was a long
and stormy one, the result being an
unfavorable report 13 to 7. J. C. Clif
ford and E. F. Young, of Dunn, the
proposed county seat, headed the Jar
vis county delegation. Charles Ross,
Col. D. H. McLean, J. A. Oates, James
H. Pou, anjothers were the speakers
against the new county.
The joint committee investigating
the State Prison Farm management
recessed to Wednesday, with the ex
pectation of concluding hearings at
that time. Most witnesses at the
last session were by the prison man
agement establishing high character
of officers at the farm stockade, who
have been impeached by the ex-convict
and other testimony. G. P. Bur
gwyn, prominent merchant-and farm
er near the state farm and J. W.
"Shaw, rnral mail carrier for the state
farm route, were especially notable
witnesses giving highest commenda
tion. The houss cleared from the calendar
a large number of local bills. The
Ellis-Gardner bill, empowering any
township in the state to vote bonds or
stock for railroads, was a notable
statewide bill passed. The senate bill,
by Brenizer to regulate sanitation, bed
rooms and other equipment of hotels
elicited long argument and numbers
of representatives wanted to exempt
their counties with the result that the
"bill was re-referred to committee.
The House made great progress in
the consideration of the revenue bill,
the work being done in committee of
the whole with Representative Bruni
mit, of Granville, in the chai.
The greater part of a session in the
Senate was devoted to the bill of Sen
ator Jones to take three townships of
Madison county, including Mars Hill
College, from that county and annex
-them to Bi?ncombe. The bill wr.s
voted down 34 to 11.
The merchant sof the state are es
pecially interested in a bill just intro
duced in the House by Grier, of Ire
dell, to regulate the hours of employ
ment of women and girls in mercantile
establishments. It provides that no
female or minors shall be employed in
mercantile establishments, laundries,
hakeries, hotels, places of amasement
and the like more than nine hour
per day. except that in cases of emer
gency hotels and restaurants may
work them 10 hours in 24 by paying
double for overtime. No female shall
he permitted to work in any of the ;
establishments named in the act be
fore 6 a. m. or after 6 p. m. Viola
tion on the part of an employer or
superintendent is to be a misde
meanor, punishable by fine or im
prisonment. The Senate passed a hll to enlarge
the powers of "electric development
companies so that they can condemn
orchards and dwellings, heretofore
excepted, the purpose being to prevent
some land owners from retarding de
velopment. The Senate voted 25 to 18 for th3
passage of the Person bill to allow
Franklin county to elect its board of
education and then brought back the
Burgwln bill giving the same privi
lege to Bertie and passed that, send
ing both to the House.
Senator Allen withdrew the motion
he made for the recall of the Brenize.
bill for inspection and regulation of
sanitation in hotels from the House,
where it had been sent after passage
"toy the Senate.
The salary of the Commissioner of
Prohibition is to be $3,500 and must
some from revenue derived from the
stamp tax on liquors delivered in tha
state. Only this revenue can be ap
plied. Promoters of the bill estimate
that about $10,000 will be raised
through this 4ax.
Senate bills passed wsre: Promote
i-ducation in Wayne; amend law as to
Transylvania records court; permit
fiduciaries, to Invest in state bonds;
amend law as to collecting taxes in
"Robeson; Australian ballot for Bruns
wick county.
The House took up the Roberts suf
frage bill for Asheville and West
Asheville aud a roll call vote was 43
lor and 53 against. Then three mem
bers changed positions before the re
sult was announced but the result was
not changed. Wright, of Guilford, de
clined to ote.
Long argument developed strong
opposition to the Senate bill by War
ren to have 24 judicial districts and
judges with provision for automatic
service as emergency judges. Dough
ton procured postponement of the vote
in hope of reaching an agreement as
to changes really needed.
Itepiesentativ Ellis Gardner Intro
duced a bill in the House to extend the
franchise to the women of the state
through a remarkable process, if the
women bo petition in required num
bers. He would have a special box at
the next general eelction in which
women of reputable character can de
posit their votes for suffrage and if as
many as G0.C00 women so vote in the
state, the State Board of Elections
shall then proceed to order an election
ou an amendment to the Constitution
giving women the franchise.
There was introduced in the House
of Representatives the bills to create
the office of Commissioner of Prohibi
tion and a formal "ouster law," which
is being sought by the Anti-Saloon
League forces since the death of their
"bone dry" bill two weeks ago. Thtr
bill for creation of the Commssioner of
Prohibition was offered by Represen
tative Page and that containing he
"ouster law" by Representative Grier.
They went to the committee on liquor
traffic. The Page bill provides that
the office of Commissioner of Prohibi
tion shall be self-sustaining through
a special stamp tax imposed on liquors
shipped into the state under the
"quart law," the stamp to be 10 cent !
per quart.
The Senate passed the Brenizer bill
to create a commission consisting of
the Governor and two others to be
named by him to engage accountant i
and (Wise a system of book-keeping
for the state departments and institu
tions. Mr. Brenizer explained the bill,
and Chairman Holderness, of the ap
propriations committee, told of the
great need for a complete and co-ordinated
system.
The House and Senate committee
on insurance voted unfavorable report
for the bill to provide for additional
control of buildine and loan associa-
tions by the Insurance Department
and for at least annual examinations
by deputies of the department. The
hearing was a lengthy one,, which
such men as Heriot Clarkson, II. N.
Pharr, E. L. Keesler, of Charlotte;
R. N. Nunn. of New Bern; Joseph
W. Little, of Wilmington, and L. T.
Hartsell, of Concord, appearing in op-
position to tne dm, contending that
the Insurance Commissioner already
has all the power necessary and ad
ditional taxation for increased super
vision would be burdensome. Com
missioner of Insurance Young spoke
at length as to the necessity of tin;
bill and of the results obtained from
the limited system of examinations he
has maintained the last two years. It
was stated that the House committer
would prepare a substitute bill for thj
one unfavorably reported.
Speaker Murphy laid before tha
House the bill by Clark, of Pitt, pro-
vMtmr that tha otato wrnv Iaoa inn .
0CO road bonds annually for counties
that vote for road bonds, the state
bonds to carry 4 per cent and thj
county subsidiary bonds 5 per cent
that will liquidate the bonds in the
course of 41 years. The bill passed
with only one dissenting vote, .that
by Lloyd, Republican, of Orange
county.
The House and Senate received th ?
message from Governor Bickett ask
ing speedy action in the passage of
the bill for exempting notes and mort
gages to the amount of $3.00 j to an
individual when given for the pur
chase of farm homes.
The Griggin statewide stock law
bill came from committee with un
favorable report as to state applica
tion, but favorable as to application
to Chowan county. The bill for a
state-wide dog tax came in with favor-
able report after minor amendments
in committee
The Senate committee on elections
gave a hearing on the bill of Senator
Jones for a statewide Australian bal
lot system. Senator Jones and Editor
James H. Caiue, of The Asheville Cit
izen, being among the principal speak
ers for the bill. They asked for the
measure to apply to Buncombe coun
ty and the tenth congressional district
if there was not a majority of the
committee favoring its statewide ap
plication. They insisted that the
measure is badly needed in their sec
tion and are ardent advocates of its
statewide application.
After hearing the committee, Sen
ator Oates, chairman, was unanimous
for Buncombe to have it and al.o
favorable with lesser majorities to
its application to Madison county and
the tenth district.
The bill by Representative McRa-y
to provide proper care for cemeteries
came up and was put to a vote with
out discussion. There was a predom
inance of noes, but McRary got busv,
called for a roll call vote and ex
plained the bill as looking out espe
cially for the country cemeteries and
providing that each shall have the
small, sum of $15 annually from the
county funds. He told the House that
the difference in the Chinese and the
North Carolinians wa3 that the "Chi
nese worship their ancestors" and
"we forget ours." The bill passed 45
to 19 on second reading and went
through unanimously after the minor
ity leader had explained its provis
ions. The Senate passed the Pearson bIS
to allow 60 instead of 30 days during
which marriage licenses may be re
turned. The bill makeji changes Li
the form of license and was defeated
some days ago and then reconsidered
on motion of Senator Nelson.
The House received the revenue bill
and passed the bill by Clark, of Pitt,
for the state to issue semi-annually
$400,000 bonds for counties that vote
subsidiary Ivmds for road improve
ment, the difference in the five per
cent county and four per cent state
bonds to liquidate the principal and
interest in 41 year
TO MEET IN ASHEVILLE
State Baraca-Philathea Convention
Meets May 17-20. Interesting Pre.
gram is Being Prepared.
Greensboro. The seventh arnual
convention of the North Carolina
Baraca and Pb'lathea organizacions
will be held in Asheville, N. C, May
17-20, 1917. A very strong program
is being arranged and an unsuady
large delegation from the classes over
the state Is expected. This is the first
time the state convention has ever
been scheduled for Asheville, and the
many attractions that the "Land of
the Sky" affords will draw many peo
ple who probably would not otherwise
attend. While the program has not
been completed yet, it is known that
some very able speakers and workers
wlil appear. Miss Henrietta Heron of
Elgin, 111., first vice-president of the
World Wide Baraca-Philathea Union,
is expected to be on the program again
this year. Miss Heron Is one of the
leaders in Sunday school work in our
country. The very efficient services
that she (has rendered in connection
with former conventions in this stato
have won for her an enviable place
among the Baracas and Philatheas of
North Carolina, and the hundreds of
friends that she has made will learn
with joy that she is to be on hand
again. It is r.lso known that Dr. J.
Forest Prett) chaplain of the
United States Senate, will appear on
the program. Dr. Prettyman is one
of the great preachers of the country
and the associations feel that thay
are fortunate in having been able to
j Dook hlm toT tnls convention. Other
Prominent religious workers will be
secured to take part, some of whom
will be a part of the force of the state
Sunday school secertaries of the var
ious denominations. Dr. Sylvester A.
j ewnn or High Point has been secur-
j ed to Preach the convention sermon.
Approximately sixty thousand peo-
Ple are enrolled In Baraca and Phila-
j then classes in North Carolina in the
more than two thousand classes that
are on record. It is conservatively
estimated that four out of five of the
young men and women in Sunday
school in North Carolina today were
won by Baraca and Philathea classes.
In many cases tbe young men and
women far outnumber the children.
Such a condition would have been very
unusual a few years ago. The classes
Bupport liberally all objects fostered
by the church and in many instances
have assumed the responsibility of
supporting an orphan in the denomina
tional orphanage or a missionary on
""CIS" "em
1 U 1 i .1 J
It is gratifying to
i know that North Carolina has a larger
number of these classes than any
j other state and that the movement U
growing stronger and bigger all the
while.
Fire at Methodist Orphanage.
Raleigh. While firo raged on the
first floor, 47 boys of the Methodiit
Orphanage marched out of the Little
Boys' building of the orphanage and
later from another dormitory, watched
fames destroy all their personal ef
fects and the building, entailing a loss
between $6,000 and $7,000.
All the boys with an exception cf
about ten were sleeping on the second
floor of the building when smoke and j
flames aroused them from their slum
ber. Maintaining perfect order, the
boys and their matron, Mrs. Thomas,
marched out of the burning building
into the main dormitory to safety. Not
one was hurt.
The fire originated in the ladies sit
ting room on the first floor and about
half this room was burned before the
flames were discovered. Fire truck3
responded to a 'phone alarm and by
hard work prevented the flames from
spreading to other nearby buildings
The fire was placed under control half
an hour after the firemen arrived, but
it required longer time to finally con
quer the conflagration on account ot
fire going inside walls and partitions.
The building was the first ever con
structed at the orphanage and for a
time was the only building there. It
was a two-story brick structure. Re
building will start at once. The trus
tees of the orphanage met at once and
passed resolutions authorizing the ex
ecutive committee to erect another
building to take the place of the one
burned. In the meantime the boys
are making their headquarters in the
sewing room over the laundry.
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.
The steel bridge over the Catawba
near Morganton, connecting Morgan
ton with Lenoir, was completed and
opened for travel.
The small grain crops from most
parts of the state are reported dam
iged by the weather.
While working in a field near Mount
Ulla, the 13-year-old son of Pink Good
man, was struck by a falling tree and
Instantly killed.
Machinery ha3 been ordered for the
new cotton mill at Gastonia.
There is an inkling that another
cotton mill will be organized within
the next 48 hours, by men among the
most prominent in Gastonia.
Anson county school teachers are
arranging for a big county commence
ment to be held at Wadesboro, March
29-30.
A movement has been started in
Durham to lower the coal in this state.
Through a commutation granted by
Governor Bickett to 25 years impris
onment, Frank Foster, of Polk county,
did not pay the death penalty Fri
day for- first degree murder as he was
chsduled to do.
Pretty Frocks for Evening Wear.
Nearly all girls look their best iu
the silky and filmy frocks they wear
for evening, and of course they are
likely to know this. Therefore, every
once in a while the up-to-date young
person is apt to insist on a new party
i frock, and to keep matters stirring un
j til she gets It. But she is not exacting
j as to material, as a rule. Pretty col
ors and smart style In the making are
the things that captivate her.
It Isn't a bad idea to encourage the
; aennlrement of n tuv evening np tftor.
nooI1 fmk esI,tH.iulv as an incentive
... llvtl,.mr(i ...lm ,uwU tl, ,llllPn
to sew. Some mothers agree to fur-
nish nil the materials which their
(laughters will make up for themselves
furnishing one garment at a time.
This is wise management on the part
of the mother, who wishes to train her
! girls In planning and shopping and
sewing, for their own future good.
Three Classes of Hats.
Three hats belonging to three classes
of millinery invite you to famtliurlze
yourself with their distinct character
istics. Otherwise, when you go out to
buy you are liable to make a mistake,
unless you intend to invest In an as
sortment of millinery. Some enterpris
ing and smart shops now place a small
tag in each hut for the enlightenment
of bewildered customers. This little
tag bears a legend which places the
hut in t lie right class. These Utile tngs
say with finality: '"This hat is for
sports wear," or "This hat is for trav
eling," or "This hat Is for afternoon
wear" and "This hat is for morning,"
etc., etc. At this rate we may expect a
hat for high noon; we already have
them for the "wee sum hours."
In the group shown here the hat t
the left Is for sports wear. It Is of
oyster-white silk In a heavy crepe
weave, with gayly colored disks-to give
it the right vivacity. The facing Is of
white millinery braid, and a single long
and handsome quill appears to have lit
on I he brim. In millinery, as in other
sports clothes, there Is no limit to the
courage of color.
For street wear or traveling or morn
ing wear, tbe small turban of black
satin and straw braid demonstrates
hai a hat may scorn color of any kind
m! ye l achieve the pinnacle of smart-
hv. T'lis shape Is a miracle of be-
!.;, illness and it is nnisiieu in tne
t possible way with a sutln-lined
niiir quill In black, fastened by a
i;! of satin with satin-covered bttt
:is a i I lie ends.
The d:-essy hat at the right Is all la
If!? s V
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A pretty evening dress which does
not look too difficult to copy is shown
in the accompanying picture. It has
a plain taffeta underskirt and a net
overdress, a low-necketl underbodice.
with net overbodice and short sleeves
of net. Patterns of similar designs are
furnished by nil the standard pattern
companies. The net bodice is square
in the neck and the overdress a
flounced over the hips. A bit of sli
ver lace finishes the bottom of the
overskirt at the back and front.
Among the new designs for evening
dresses there is a captivating one made
of wide soft satin ribbon and white
net. The skirt is flounced with alter
nating ruffles of the ribbon and groups
of narrow frills of the net. The short
sleeves are of net frills and there is a
net surplice with a bit of the satin
ribbon at the front and back.
turquoise satin-covering, lcives, apples
and collar. Anytime afternoon It may
be worn, with the ni""11 ''iat noth
ing prettier is goi"" e met wilh.
because it is a gef fUinery.
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On the Sout
IIS f 11:1 II V )l
smart motor co:i
e seen worn
i?ing wrap, or
maid or foot
I the drawing
1 the hand lug-
temporarily i f
curried over ily
man aim oispos-.
room comparing
gage. It is sh
how many of j
these coats are
ve a material
with glossy. vii
r surface and
inner suriace
sometimes of ci
are wonderful, j
silk or satin !
ml the colors
'line coats with
borders of fur at Specially in favor,
nnd since this nSherlal is warm, as
well as light, nnd shells water as suc
cessfully as any actual leather coat
fabric. It is much In demand for mo
toring wraps. One of the handsom
est pontine coats of the season falls
in ripples below a graceful crossed
sash-girdle nnd Is edged at the foot
with a broad band of beaver matching
the beaver collar and deep cuffs.
Black Silk Jersey Kilts.
Separate skirts of black silk jersey
knife plaited are very popular for wear
with sports blouses, especially if the
blouses be of a brilliant hue.
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A FRIEND'S
ADVICE
Woman Saved From a Seri
ous Surgical Operation.
Louisville, Ky. "For four yean I
uffered from female troubles head
aches, and nervousness. I could not
sleep, had no appetite and it hurt me to
walk. If I tried to do any work, I
would have to lie down before It wu
finished." The doc
tors said I would
have to be opera
ted on and I simply
broke down. A
friend advised me
to try Lydia EL
Pinkham's vege
table Compound,'
and the result is I
feel like a new wom
an. I am well and
strong, do all my
own hnnoa tirsilr a
have an eight pound baby girl. I know
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound saved me from an operation
which every woman dreads. Mrs.
Nelue Fishback, 1521 Christy Ave..
Louisville, Ky.
Everyone naturally dreads the sur
geon's knife. Sometimes nothing els
will do, but many times Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound has saved
the patient and made an operation un
necessary. If you have any symptom about which
you would like to know, write to the
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn,
Mass., tor heipfui advice given free.
The man who is in touch with the
toothache is out of sympathy with it.
Druggists Pleased With
Good Kidney Medicine
I have sold your remedy for the past
fifteen years and have suflicient confidence
in it lo give it my personal recommenda
tion. 1 believe it is one of the best medi
ciqes of ita class on the market today and
I find pleasure in selling it at all times.
Verv trulv yours,
KAMINER'S DRUG STORE,
F. V. Kaminer, Prop.
Nov. 4, 1918. Spartantfurg, S. 0.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For Yo
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size bot
tle. It will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor
mation, telling about the kidneys and blad
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
do! In r size bottles for tale at all drug
stores. Adv.
Tipping Habit Strong.
A hotel proprietor in New York who
sets out to kill off tipping has about as
much chance of success as did old
King Canute when he ordered the deep
blue sen to hase itself away from his
royal brogans. Hear Copeland Town
! send's wail. He has aunounced that
despite signs asking patrons not to tip
hut boys the public persists in shunt
ing dimes the brigands' way. ,
Some even got sore and wrote him
sarcastic letters that they could tip if
they pleased and intimated (hat It was
none of his business, so there you afe
Kven waiters themselves have the
tipping habit. At a recent dinner a
bundled extra waiters were required
and a room was given over where they
could check their hats and coats.
Kvery one of these waiters gave a
tip. despiu the notice that it was not
j required. In London there is a hotel
j that has banned tipping successfully.
but Americans want to tip and they'll
do it, b'gosh !
A mounting of recent Invention
permits a single lens camera to take
,jtiei eoscopie picture.
1 fuel is used in some extent on
fewer than 40 railroads In the
"jed Slates.
P : : ..
iere nave neeii woman sailors
mong the Finns and Norwegians for
many years.
SPEED
combined with
good judgment
counts in business
now-a-days.
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
supplies balanced
nourishment for
sturdy muscles
and active brains.
"There's a Reason"
JVo change in price, quality
or jUe of pacKfxie.
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